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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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