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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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