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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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