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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 many subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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