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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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