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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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