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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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