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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education