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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free 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 many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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