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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vietnam to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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