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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are almost always free for learners 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 lot of subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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