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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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