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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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