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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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