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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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