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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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