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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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