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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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