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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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