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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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