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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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