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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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