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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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