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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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