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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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