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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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