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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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