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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in 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. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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