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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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