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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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