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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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