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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have enabled students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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