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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants 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 online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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