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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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