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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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