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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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