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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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