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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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