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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students 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 lot of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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