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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes 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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