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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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