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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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