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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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