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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. 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. MOOC classes are customarily free for students 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 distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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