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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take part 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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