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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are free for students 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 e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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