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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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