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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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