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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates 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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