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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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