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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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