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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. 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 generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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