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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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