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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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