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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important 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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