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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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