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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the 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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