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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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