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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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