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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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