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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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