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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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