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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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