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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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