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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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