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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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