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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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