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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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