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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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