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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 education institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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