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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for data the exciting 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 studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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