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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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