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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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