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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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