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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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