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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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