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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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