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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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