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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually 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 many subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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