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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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