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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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