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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better understand these open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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