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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 many issues that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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