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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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