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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally 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 subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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