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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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