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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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