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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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