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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education enable learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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