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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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