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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritius to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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