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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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