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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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