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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to massively open online courses (MOOCs) and open education resources (OERs). As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. New trends in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation.

There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? Corporate trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the opportunities associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). For more details please visit this What are MOOCs? site.

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