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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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