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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are customarily 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 subjects that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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