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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are 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 topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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