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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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