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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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