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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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