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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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