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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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