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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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