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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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