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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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