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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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