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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students 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 topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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