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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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