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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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