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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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