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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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