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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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