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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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