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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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