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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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