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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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