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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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