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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants 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. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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