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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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