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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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