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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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