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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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