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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the major 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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