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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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