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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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