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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive 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 quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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