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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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