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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. 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 online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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