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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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