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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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