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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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