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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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