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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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