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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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