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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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