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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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