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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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