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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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