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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses 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. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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