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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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