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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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