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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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