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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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