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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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