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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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