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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. 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. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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