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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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