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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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