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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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