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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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