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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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