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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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