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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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