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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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