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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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