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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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