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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. 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. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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