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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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