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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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