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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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