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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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