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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs 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 many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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