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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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