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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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