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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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