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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Haiti to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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