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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Panama to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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