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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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