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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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