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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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