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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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