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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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