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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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