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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. 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 learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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