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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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