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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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