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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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