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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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