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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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