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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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