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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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