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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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