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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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