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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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