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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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