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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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