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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part 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. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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