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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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