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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over 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. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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