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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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