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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important 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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