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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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