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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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