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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important 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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