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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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