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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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