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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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