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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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