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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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