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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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