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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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