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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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