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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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