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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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