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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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