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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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