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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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