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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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