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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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