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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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