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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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