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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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