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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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