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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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