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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important 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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