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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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