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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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