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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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