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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. 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. These massive open courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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