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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses 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 subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly 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 authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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