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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 many subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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