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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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