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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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