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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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