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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are enabling students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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