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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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