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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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