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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key 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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