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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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