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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not 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 are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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