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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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