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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are 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 subjects that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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