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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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