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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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