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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in elearning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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