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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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