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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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