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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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