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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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