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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take classes 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 MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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