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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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