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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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