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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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