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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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