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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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