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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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