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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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