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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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