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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually 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 many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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