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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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