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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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