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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major 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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