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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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