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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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