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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these open education endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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