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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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