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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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