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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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