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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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