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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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