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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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