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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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