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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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