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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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