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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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