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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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