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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are almost always 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 many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key 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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