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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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