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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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