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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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