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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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