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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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