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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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