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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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