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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. 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. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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