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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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