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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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