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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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