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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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