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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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