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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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