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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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