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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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