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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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