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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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