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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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