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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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