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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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