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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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