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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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