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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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