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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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