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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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