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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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