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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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