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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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