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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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