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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOCs? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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