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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students 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 several topics that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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