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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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