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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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