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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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