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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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