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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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