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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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