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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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