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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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