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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are typically 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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