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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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