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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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