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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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