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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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