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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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