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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 several topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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