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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over 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 massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates 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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