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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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