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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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