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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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