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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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