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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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