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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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