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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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