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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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