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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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