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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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