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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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