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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally 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. There are several issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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