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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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