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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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