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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. 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 mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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