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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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