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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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