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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in online education have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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