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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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