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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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