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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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