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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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