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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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