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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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