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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different 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 in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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