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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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