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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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