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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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