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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always 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 technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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