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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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