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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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