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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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