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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online education are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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