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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are empowering learners 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. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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