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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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