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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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