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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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