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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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