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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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