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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important 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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