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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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