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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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