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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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