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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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