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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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