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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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