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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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