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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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