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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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