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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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