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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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