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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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