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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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