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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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