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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Students want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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