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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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