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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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