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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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