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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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