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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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