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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines 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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