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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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