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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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