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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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