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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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