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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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