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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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