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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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