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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free 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 many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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