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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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