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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online classes. 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 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 a lot of topics that online education institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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