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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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