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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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