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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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