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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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