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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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