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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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