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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. People want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum 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 subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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