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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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