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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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