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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are free 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 several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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