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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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