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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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