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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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