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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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