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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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