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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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