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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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