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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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