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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in digital education technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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