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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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