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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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