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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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