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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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