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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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