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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are 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 several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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