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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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