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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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