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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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