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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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