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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are enabling learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually 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 quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Dominica to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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