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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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