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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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