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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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 online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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