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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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