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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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