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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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