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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning enable learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are usually 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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