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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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