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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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