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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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