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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. 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 massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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