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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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