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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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