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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because 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 we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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