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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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