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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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