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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. 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 MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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