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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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