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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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