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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the most important 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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