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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always 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 institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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