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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. 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 usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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