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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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