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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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