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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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