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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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