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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in online learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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