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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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