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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning enable people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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