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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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