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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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