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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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