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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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