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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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