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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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