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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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