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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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