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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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