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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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