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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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