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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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