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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand these promising new open education ventures. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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