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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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