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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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