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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education initiatives. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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