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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the major 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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