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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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