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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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