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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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