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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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