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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. 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. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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