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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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