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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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