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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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