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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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