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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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