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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are generally 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 learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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