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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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