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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. 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. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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