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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 many issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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