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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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