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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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