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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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