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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. 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 commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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