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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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