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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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