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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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