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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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