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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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