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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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