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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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