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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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