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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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