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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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