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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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