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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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