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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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