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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the interesting 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 new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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