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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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