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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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