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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in digital education technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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