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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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