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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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