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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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