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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic educational technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally 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 a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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