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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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