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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic educational technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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