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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not 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 education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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