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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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