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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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