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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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