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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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