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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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