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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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