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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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