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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also investigates the major 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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